Animal Welfare Alliance of DeKalb Co.

01/08/2025

❗️We have exciting news! We are booking the Hubie Ashcraft Band for our 1st ever fundraiser! Saturday, June 27th. 2026.❗️
More details to come, but this was too big not to let the cat out of the bag! We will seek sponsors soon; you don't want to miss out on this event.
⬇️Location, TBA so if you have suggestions, drop them in the comments below.

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01/07/2025

We love to see this partnership! ❤️

01/05/2025

🐾We finished the year with 60 completed TNR surgeries from our start in August to December 24! That's over 6,000 unwanted kitten births prevented. We ensured each TNR cat in our program had a CCP with food and shelter.
🐈‍⬛We also returned to owner; 1 stray cow and her dog pal, 2 domesticated ducks, 12 foster kittens for home placement 5 adult female foster dogs and their 42 puppies in our care this year in our care with HFW adoptions as outcomes. We also sent 3 baby opossum to wildlife rehab that lost their mother.
🤝Thanks to all that participated, donated and volunteered in our program to help families providing care to unowned cats and curb the exploding unowned cat population in our County. We partnered with local law enforcement, communities and schools to educate and help with spay and neuter processes and we even drafted local ordinances. We did a great interview with Best Friends Animal magazine too!
🐎 We had 6 senior equine full time residents. Sadly, Toby passed away at 44 and Blaze at 36 this year, peacefully and surroundedby love. 4 rescue horses are still permanent residents with us at ages; 30, 26, 19 and 16.
🪽 We began a veterinary fund for those in need this year also, the Duchess fund.
🐈We are awaiting surgery dates with Humane Fort Wayne for 2025 and encourage you to apply if you are an unincorporated DeKalb resident in need of help. Application linked below.

Trap-Neuter-Return Application

12/29/2024

‼️If you have asked for TNR surgery for 2025 with our program, we ask that you please fill out the online form below, in the link. ‼️ This form is required for surgery in 2025 with us.
https://www.awadekalbco.org/tnr-app

If you have an interest in TNR for 2025 but have not already contacted us, please also fill out the form. We will announce surgery dates and transport details as soon as we have them from our amazing friends at Humane Fort Wayne.

🎉We wish you all a happy new year! Consider spaying it forward by donating to the TNR fund for unincorporated Dekalb in 2025.

Trap-Neuter-Return Application

12/20/2024

Resident TNR cat Uncle Baby Billy, and all of us at AWA wish you all the best holiday season.

We will be in touch with anyone that requested winter 2025 surgery for details in January, as our surgery schedule has changed, so hang tight and enjoy the beautiful winter.

12/13/2024

Fact Friday time! Why is relocating/adopting NOT a good solution for outdoor, unowned cats? We know it does not reduce populations and a few other proven points. Check out this read for some great facts.

IMPORTANT: Even if done with proper protocol, relocation can be ineffective and even dangerous for cats. Community cats bond to their outdoor homes and, if relocated, may try to find their way back. In some cases, cats have died in the process. Keep this firmly in mind before deciding that a cat’s...

12/12/2024

🐈 We cannot adopt away the stray and unowned cat issue in DeKalb County. There are an estimated 6,000 unowned, free-roaming cats in our community. They are friendly and feral.
🚗 In most cases not "dumped",rather traveling miles to seek food or to mate. (Have you ever tried driving around in a car with cats? Most abandoners wouldn't do this) Let's not blame fellow humans for "dumping", let's face the reality they are breeding uncontrollably and traveling for resources.
🚓 Follow our County Ordinance that limits feeding for 1-2 hours only, during daytime hours only to reduce cats seeking your home, and to comply with ordinance.
📣 📣 We can fix it. Spay it forward and let's work to TNR unowned and alter all pets in the community.

We are a low cost spay and neuter nonprofit veterinary clinic.

12/11/2024

🎄 We hope December is treating you all just swell! Just a reminder, we do not have the ability to schedule surgery or take requests until at least February of 2025. We will be in contact with you after we know our surgery schedule if you have already reached out to us.
🐈 The wonderful vets at Humane Fort Wayne are moving locations into their state of the art surgery and medical center, please be understanding of the delay due to this and respectful during this process.
📱 Phone calls are also the least effective way for us to help you, we are volunteer operated and ask that you keep this in mind. Please, DM us here rather than call, whenever possible. For 2025 we will have a new streamline online form application for all TNR cats, we will be sharing more information soon.

12/05/2024

12/03/2024

🎁Giving Tuesday is upon us! Please consider donating to Humane Fort Wayne, we could not do what we do without their low-cost TNR services! HFW is also our partner when we are faced with K9 and feline that need to enter an adoption program.
🎀If you feel extra generous, we love donations also, specify if you would like to support the TNR fund or veterinary care for those in need in the Duchess fund.

12/02/2024

🥳 10 more happy tucked in TNR grads to close out 2024!

60 total cats spayed and neutered since August

We will resume in February. Have a great holiday season if you don't see much of us here until then. 🙈

12/01/2024

Happy Sunday! We are out collecting our December surgery cats today and wanted to share some winter TNR wisdom:

🌡ALL cats in our program must be kept in a warm, secure environment at least 48 hours post-surgery in cold weather months. A barn or garage that keeps a warmer temp is perfect, we ensure all of our CCPs have this shelter provided.

❄️Ensure water is provided and not frozen, at least 2 times a day.

🛏 Use straw in the barn or garage for cat bedding, avoid blankets and hay as they both will hold moisture and cold. Straw is the snuggly choice!

11/25/2024

🫧 Mary is not so merry today, but she will thank us later! Mary hasn't been grooming her long hair well, so she's getting a bubble bath and blow dry today.

🐈 Tis the life of a fancy, long hair TNR barn girl, a day at the spa in thanks of her hard work.

📷 TNR/working cats come in all coats and colors, they all love to mouse and climb! Drop us a photo of your TNR working cats in the comments!

11/22/2024

🐾We have great news! We have been accepted to continue surgeries with our wonderful partner, Humane Fort Wayne for 2025. We are thrilled to continue serving DeKalb County for TNR thanks to this.

⏰If you were scheduled in January of 2025, HFW will NOT be doing surgery for that month. We are working with them to ensure all of the residents we talked to scoping early 2025 surgery are taken care of. Due to this, please be prepared for changes if you have already reached out to us for that time frame.

❄️DM us, or be on the lookout for messages from us regarding 2025 and our surgery dates. Winter weather is also always a factor, so please be flexible; we look forward to helping you.

🐈Please be patient with this process, we are facing incredibly high demand and are working as best we can to find our residents assistance with the unowned cat crisis in our community.